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Has the Pectra upgrade lived up to it's hype?

The latest Pectra upgrade from May 7, 2025 had a lot of great improvements for the Ethereum blockchain, but has the improvements provided positive movement forward for Ethereum in regards to efficiency, scalability, and user-friendliness? Decide for yourself after reading my summary of the Pectra upgrade, along with pre and post-Pectra data for each of the EIPs!

Key Features of the Pectra Upgrade

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Pre-Pectra and Post-Pectra comparisons!

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EIP-7702: Smart Accounts (Account Abstraction)

What changed: Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) can now temporarily behave like smart contracts during transactions.

Benefits:

  • Enables batch transactions and sponsored gas fees
  • Improves wallet UX for DeFi, gaming, and dApps
  • Moves Ethereum closer to full account abstraction

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EIP-7691: Blob Throughput Increase

What changed: Ethereum now supports more data blobs per block, improving Layer 2 scalability.

Benefits:

  • Reduces transaction fees
  • Boosts rollup performance
  • Makes Ethereum more data-efficient

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EIP-7251: Higher Staking Limits

What changed: Validator cap increased from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH

Benefits:

  • Reduces validator count for large pools
  • Enables compounded staking rewards
  • Cuts operational costs for stakers

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EIP-6110 & EIP-7002: Faster Validator Onboarding & Safer Exits

What changed:

  • Deposits now embedded directly in blocks
  • Validators can exit via smart contracts

Benefits:

  • Onboarding time reduced from hours to minutes
  • Improves security and trustlessness in staking

https://preview.redd.it/25ttkhqah4bf1.png?975&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e7308a910700035045dacf408386e7f0bdcacda

EIP-7549: Consensus Load Reduction

What changed: Committee index moved outside attestations, reducing vote load.

Benefits:

  • Speeds up block confirmations
  • Improves network responsiveness

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How has the Pectra upgrade affected you? Was it for better or for worse?

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